I think this “labyrinth” – for lack of a better word – has some Christian religious significance. Â I have no idea. Â Do you? Â It is behind a local church, and never ceases to catch my eye.
Tag: photography
A Place for Birdsong
I thought I had left my Werra in Paris when I flew there a few weeks ago for lunch, but I didn’t. Â Lucky me! Â I found it this afternoon, and that inspired a hunt through the archives for some images I took last year when it first arrived in my hot little hands, all fresh and shiny from Holland. Â I currently have it loaded with Fuji Natura 1600, for night work (maybe I will try it for the super moon on the 13th or 14th).
This is one lovely little camera, and a very, very odd one. Â It’s a rangefinder, with all controls on the lens, including cocking the shutter and advancing the film. Â The lens is a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm, f2.8, and as you can see, it renders wonderfully sharp images. Â I’ve got a bunch of colored lens filters, for b&w work, so once the current film is used up, I’m going to try some Acros 100 or Delta 100.
Sapote
Sapotes are a fruit – this is a white sapote hanging from a tree in the local botanical garden. Â As they ripen, the local animals -squirrels especially – use them as a food. Â People eat them, too. Â Yum.
In the Gutter
In the gutter . . . anyhow, despite what the phrase means to you or me, Autumn brings about the dropping of leaves. Â Maples have some of the best, and as they pile up, it’s time to get a picture in.
Seeds
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.
–Stephen Jay Gould
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
–Abraham Lincoln
Ink, Yarn & Beer 